Legal Opinion
Western Organization of Resource Councils v. Bureau of Land Management
District Court, D. Wyoming
Decided November 26, 2008No. 2:04-cr-00018PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS
ALAN B. JOHNSON, District Judge.
The above captioned matter was heard and argued following submission of written appeal briefs in the above captioned cases. The Court has considered the parties’ written submissions, the arguments of counsel during the hearing, the applicable law, and FINDS and ORDERS as follows:
Background and Contentions
These cases present challenges to the decision of the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) allowing the development of up to 51,000 coalbed methane wells in the Powder River Basin, which extends from northeast Wyoming into Montana.…
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